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Forbes is an American business magazine owned by Forbes, Inc. Published biweekly, it features original articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, and law. Headquarters are in New York City. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Businessweek which recently was sold to Bloomberg. The magazine is well known for its lists, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400), highest-paid stars under 30, and its list of billionaires. The motto of Forbes magazine is "The Capitalist Tool." Its editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes.

B. C. Forbes, a financial columnist for the Hearst papers, and his partner Walter Drey, the general manager of the Magazine of Wall Street, founded Forbes magazine in 1917. Forbes provided the money and the name and Drey provided the publishing expertise. The original name of...

Forbes has removed contributor Bill Frezza from his role at the publication's website after he published an article that declared "drunk female guests" to be the biggest threat to fraternities. Frezza is president of the Beta Foundation, the alumni h...

Jan Koum and Brian Acton, the cofounders of WhatsApp, made Forbes' annual billionaires' list with few moments to spare after Facebook offered a total of $19 billion to buy the company. The deal, if completed, will give Koum a fortune of $6.8 billion,...

Arrogant. Egotistical. Cocky. Entitled. These colorful, critical descriptors are merely a sampling of the words used in association with Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel over the past two weeks. The adjectives are not at all flattering, and Spiegel's reputa...

When it comes to likeability, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel is certainly making it tough on himself. The 23-year-old criticized journalists on Twitter Monday morning, claiming that some details in a recent Forbes cover story about his startup were misrep...

Forbes features Snapchat cofounders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy to headline the cover of its 2014 "30 Under 30" list. The who's who list of young business, media, tech, entertainment and sports stars will feature an interview with the duo. Spiegel ...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos topped Larry Page on Forbes' annual list of the the world's billionaires, while Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg came in at no. 66. Bezos, who was 26 on the list last year, is now at No. 19 with an estimated net worth of $25.2 billi...

Forbes Magazine is now available for download on Apple's Newsstand. The move comes just a couple of weeks after The Wall Street Journal finally entered Apple's digital newspaper and magazine service. Forbes Magazine has long been available on iOS via...

Forbes.com has expanded rapidly over the last two years, building up a network of 900 freelance contributors (some paid, some not) and increasing its story count by roughly 45%. That growth has come with some measurable benefits -- visitors have doub...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a personal net worth of $17.5 billion, edging out Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page for the first time, according to Forbes's annual "Richest People in America" list. Zuckerberg, who was number 35 on the list...

Mark Zuckerberg is the 52nd wealthiest person in the world, but he's not the only billionaire at Facebook. Six of the social network's founders and investors are among the richest people in the world. Facebook CEO and co-founder Zuckerberg has an est...

The mastermind behind Google's "Bing Sting" operation has a message for Microsoft: Stop stealing our search results. Google and Microsoft have been engaged in a public fight ever since Search Engine Land published a report describing an extensive ope...

It's that time of the year again when Forbes publishes their annual list of the 400 richest Americans, and the rest of us look at the billions they own, dream away for a minute or two, and then get back to reality, remembering we've forgotten to pay ...

Woody Lewis is a Social Media Strategist and web Architect. He authors a blog at woodylewis.com about social media strategy for newspapers. Online video is standard fare on many web sites. Businesses use video to drive marketing and communications, c...

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is a leading source for news, information and resources for the Connected Generation. Mashable reports on the importance of digital innovation and how it empowers and inspires people around the world. Mashable's record 42 million unique visitors worldwide and 21 million social media followers are one of the most influential and engaged online communities. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco.